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Best Bets for Monday, June 17: Cabaret, Heart performs, Juneteenth Celebration
MANALAPANCabaret continuesOne more cabaret this season: I’ve Got Rhythm – The Music of George Gershwin featuring Jeanne Lynn Gray and John Lariviere takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. today and July 1 at the Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd. Tickets are $30. Info: 561-588-1820; www.theplazatheatre.netWEST PALM BEACHHeart hits the ...
Coming up: Mounts Botanical’s Taste of the Tropics and more
WEST PALM BEACHLove fruit? AttendMounts’ annual festMounts Botanical Garden’s annual Tropical Fruit Festival – Taste of the Tropics – returns to the garden, 531 N. Military Trail, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 29. Hosted by the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council, it features more than ...
Delray’s second generation of rock
The day after Christmas, Jason Bonham discovered that he’d made Robert Plant a little verklempt. And that made him a little misty, too. “It wasn’t until I watched it back on TV that I saw it,” says Bonham of the moment during December’s “Kennedy Center Honors,” in which one of ...
Roth editions monumental
The Library of America has finished up its monumental edition of the novels of Philip Roth with two volumes that include all of the books from 2001 until 2010. This includes the first rate “The Plot Against America,” which involves an alternate history of World War II in which Charles ...
Hawk teaches science through skateboarding
You can’t blame Tony Hawk for the childhood obesity problem in America.When so many of his contemporaries were huddling around the latest Nintendo as teens, Hawk was challenging kids to leave their dark video game caves and pick up a skateboard.“Tony Hawk: RAD Science” shows how skateboarding uses important physics ...
Mary’s month: Norton shows off four little-seen Cassatts in June
Mary Cassatt had some of the gifts of Renoir — the sensuality of flesh, the focus on youth — but not his daring. Style and empathy will only take you so far; at some point, content has to kick in. There are four pieces by Cassatt in June’s segment of ...
Reiser back to first love: Stand-up comedy
When Paul Reiser takes the stage at the Palm Beach Improv tonight and Saturday, he’s continuing his reunion with an old friend.“It’s been 20 years,” the Emmy-nominated actor and best-selling author said of stand-up comedy, his first performing love. “Ten o’clock seems a lot later that it used to, but ...
Growing up during World War II: Local woman’s memoir only second book published by Kravis
Seventy odd-years seems like an excessive amount of time for genetics to kick in, but since both of Martha McMullen’s parents wrote for the New York Times, it was probably only a question of time until she took up the family trade. McMullen’s “Driving Woodie: Tales From the Home Front ...
At the Palm Beach Improv: Paul Reiser
“Mad About You” star Paul Reiser stops by The Palm Beach Improv for a two-night special engagement. An accomplished performer of both stage and screen, Reiser has garnered numerous Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. He recently starred opposite Matt Damon in “Behind the Candelabra” and is currently touring the nation ...
High-octane sipping
Is there a coffee-loving Dad in your life? Here’s a gift he’ll be eager to brew up. Local roasters Scott and Amy Angelo at Oceana Coffee have been lavishing attention on a roast master’s espresso blend that is now available in limited supply for $16.95 a pound. And there’s an ...
‘Dracula’ dances, thanks to Cuban ballet school in Greenacres
Dracula is a love story? For dancers? So says Deborah Marquez, who founded Arts Dance Generation Dance Company and School of Ballet Arts in Greenacres in 2010. The company will perform a dramatic retelling of Bram Stoker’s horror story Saturday and Sunday in Wellington. A gifted dancer turned coach, Marquez ...
Best Bets for Wednesday, June 12: A show for dads, cheap movies and classic music
BOYNTON BEACH All dads welcomed A Father’s Day Show at Boynton Beach Senior Center, 1021 S. Federal Highway, will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday. Features entertainment, door prizes and refreshments. Open to members and nonmembers. Tickets: $3. Info: 561-742-6570. DELRAY BEACH Hit the dollar movies Through Aug. ...
Best Bets for Wednesday: Storm safety and a spooky, romantic ballet
WEST PALM BEACHGet ready for storm seasonThe Palm Beach Post hosts a roundtable, Hurricane Season: Save Yourself, featuring a panel of experts from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today in The Post’s auditorium, 2751 S. Dixie Highway. Part of the monthly Straight from the Source series. Free but RSVP to 561-820-4100 ...
Best Bets for Thursday, June 13: Art After Dark, a charity horse clinic and burgers and beer
JUPITERHorse clinic to help Oklahoma horsesBob Faath, who holds clinics on horsemanship, is hosting a charity horsemanship event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, at Jupiter Equestrian Park, to benefit the horses of the Oklahoma tornadoes. Focus: understanding things from your horse’s point of view. $60. Auditors ($20 fee) ...
Tribute bands rock downtown on Sundays
Was classic rock the soundtrack of your youth? Do you still love the cutting-edge songs of the ‘70s and ’80s? Then don’t make any plans for Sunday, when Sunday at the Waterfront, a concert series with a classic rock theme, debuts at the Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach. ...
Freaks, geeks and Ghostbusters unite at West Palm horror convention
“Right now, I’m adding shadows that will pretty much give the effect of road rash – like my face got peeled off,” says Antonio Alonso as he dips a brush into his “Postmortem Palette” compact, stocked with colors like Aged Vein, Dead Blood and, his favorite, Liver-Mortis, a deep purple. ...
Hamburger Heaven serves comfort food in new location
MENU Comfort food. Hamburger Heaven serves burgers, fries, steak, fried chicken, milkshakes and apple pie, plus such modern fare as tofu burgers and vegan chili. Burgers start at $9.95, and entrée prices top out at $15.95. Since moving from its longtime location in Palm Beach, the diner has shifted its ...
Rebuilding the Man of Steel
The Man of Steel had gotten rusty. While his DC Comics counterpart Batman was conquering the world via the Dark Knight trilogy, and the rivals over at Marvel Comics were raking in the cash with “The Avengers” and all its spin-off films, Superman had been put into mothballs. His last ...
Who are you calling ‘mixologist?’
Call Alex Bennett dedicated, a little obsessive, even. Call him a hybrid, part old-timey bartender — big on camaraderie, and, as Billy Joel once sang, quick with a joke — and part new-fangled, focused on locally sourced ingredients and hand-crafted touches. Just don’t call him a mixologist. “I’m a bartender,” ...
5 reasons to visit the Palm Beach Zoo this summer
The Palm Beach Zoo is and always has been about education and conservation, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a lot of fun. Jan Steele, the general curator, knows that the only way to save animals is by getting everyone involved. “The public has to see the animals the way ...
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